The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.

Few among men are they who cross to the further shore. The others merely run up and down the bank on this side.

There is no path to happiness: happiness is the path.

The key to transformation is not to fight with our experience but to open to it with awareness.

Breathing in, there is only the present moment. Breathing out, it is a wonderful moment.

Treat every moment as your last. It is not preparation for something else.

The practice of ethics is not about following rules but about developing inner purity and freedom.

Instead of having a deep understanding of the teaching, we need a strong confidence in our teaching, which says that originally we have Buddha nature.

Dependent origination is not a theory about the origin of the world but a teaching that shows how suffering originates in dependence on our own mental processes.

The path to liberation is through understanding the true nature of mind and matter through direct observation.

Past thoughts are traceless, clear, and empty. Future thoughts are unborn and fresh. The present moment abides naturally and unconstructed.

Right practice is steady practice. Whether you feel lazy or diligent, just keep practicing.

The practice of patience guards us against losing our presence of mind.

Silence is sometimes the best answer.

Rejoicing in ordinary things is not sentimental or trite. It actually takes guts.

The Buddha taught us to leave alone the things that don't lead to awakening.

Looking for peace is like looking for a turtle with a mustache: you won't be able to find it. But when your heart is ready, peace will come looking for you.

If a problem is fixable, if a situation is such that you can do something about it, then there is no need to worry. If it's not fixable, then there is no help in worrying. There is no benefit in worrying whatsoever.

What Zen wants us to do is to acquire an entirely new point of view whereby to look into the mysteries of life and the secrets of nature.

The state of mind that exists when you sit in the right posture is, itself, enlightenment.

The nature of the mind is like the sky, and our thoughts, emotions, and experiences are like clouds passing through it.

To see nothing is to perceive the Way, and to understand nothing is to know the Dharma.

Radiate boundless love towards the entire world — above, below, and across — unhindered, without ill will, without enmity.

Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone.

The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

Better than a thousand hollow words, is one word that brings peace.

The roots of all goodness lie in the soil of appreciation for goodness.

The five aggregates are not a theoretical model but a description of lived experience to be investigated through mindfulness.

True freedom is a freedom from the tyranny of our own thoughts and afflictive emotions.

Meditation in the midst of activity is a thousand times superior to meditation in stillness.

Peace is not found by changing the world, but by changing your attitude to the world.

When things fall apart and we're on the verge of we know not what, the test of each of us is to stay on that brink and not concretize.

All that we are is the result of what we have thought. The mind is everything. What we think we become.